Sphingomonas formosensis

Sphingomonas formosensis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Sphingomonadales
Family:
Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:
Sphingomonas
Binomial name
Sphingomonas formosensis
Lin et al. 2012[1]
Type strain
BCRC 80272, CC-Nfb-2, DSM 24164[2]

Sphingomonas formosensis is a Gram-negative and short rod-shaped bacteria from the genus of Sphingomonas which has been isolated from agricultural soil in Kaohsiung County in Taiwan.[1][3][4][5] Sphingomonas formosensis has the ability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.[5]

  1. ^ a b LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. ^ Straininfo of Sphingomonas formosensis
  3. ^ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen [1]
  4. ^ UniProt
  5. ^ a b Lin, SY; Shen, FT; Lai, WA; Zhu, ZL; Chen, WM; Chou, JH; Lin, ZY; Young, CC (July 2012). "Sphingomonas formosensis sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from agricultural soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (Pt 7): 1581–6. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.034728-0. PMID 21873513.